I'm sorry, but Nancy is sounding more and more incoherent. I understand the point she's making, it's just a very convoluted way to say it. I've thought there is something going on with her for a while now.

Snopes Fact Check - Did Nancy Pelosi Admit Democrats Use a Tactic Called the ‘Wrap-Up Smear?’

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All along, partisan supporters of Kavanaugh had portrayed Dr. Ford as a dupe, at best, in an alleged conspiracy by Democrats to derail the nomination by smearing his reputation. The day Kavanaugh was confirmed, a video clip began making the rounds in which House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) could allegedly be heard revealing the Democratic Party’s template for such attacks, a tactic she called the “wrap-up smear”:

The clips are authentic in the respect that they were extracted from an actual C-SPAN video of Pelosi’s weekly press briefing on 22 June 2017, but seriously misleading in the respect that they were trimmed in such a way as to omit their original context.

As a longer clip and transcript clearly show, Pelosi was calling out Republicans for conducting wrap-up smear campaigns, not touting the phenomenon as a go-to strategy for Democrats:

PELOSI: Because, basically, at the end of the day that’s what people are interested in — their representative and what their representative is going to do for their district. Republicans are afraid of that contrast in a race. Because they’re going to go there to be involved in trickle-down economics, shutting down hospitals, and the rest of it. So they don’t want them to see that contrast, so they focus on something else. And it’s a diversionary tactic. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. You demonize, and then you — we call it the wrap-up smear. You want to talk about politics? It’s called the wrap-up smear. You smear somebody with falsehoods and all the rest, and then you merchandise it, and then you write it, and they’ll say “See, it’s reported in the press that this, this, and this,” so they have that validation that the press reported the smear, and then it’s called a wrap-up smear. “Now I’m going to merchandise the press’s report on the smear that we made.” It’s a tactic, and it’s self-evident.

I'm sorry, but Nancy is sounding more and more incoherent. I understand the point she's making, it's just a very convoluted way to say it. I've thought there is something going on with her for a while now.

Sorry for a vague statement? I'll buy that. Have no idea why you highlighted in red what was proven wrong by Snopes after the Kavanaugh hearing. It was lifted and misused by Republicans from something she said in June of 2017. Doubling down? Pretty incoherent comprehension. Maybe there's something going on with you.

Snopes Fact Check - Did Nancy Pelosi Admit Democrats Use a Tactic Called the ‘Wrap-Up Smear?’

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All along, partisan supporters of Kavanaugh had portrayed Dr. Ford as a dupe, at best, in an alleged conspiracy by Democrats to derail the nomination by smearing his reputation. The day Kavanaugh was confirmed, a video clip began making the rounds in which House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) could allegedly be heard revealing the Democratic Party’s template for such attacks, a tactic she called the “wrap-up smear”:

The clips are authentic in the respect that they were extracted from an actual C-SPAN video of Pelosi’s weekly press briefing on 22 June 2017, but seriously misleading in the respect that they were trimmed in such a way as to omit their original context.

As a longer clip and transcript clearly show, Pelosi was calling out Republicans for conducting wrap-up smear campaigns, not touting the phenomenon as a go-to strategy for Democrats:

PELOSI: Because, basically, at the end of the day that’s what people are interested in — their representative and what their representative is going to do for their district. Republicans are afraid of that contrast in a race. Because they’re going to go there to be involved in trickle-down economics, shutting down hospitals, and the rest of it. So they don’t want them to see that contrast, so they focus on something else. And it’s a diversionary tactic. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. You demonize, and then you — we call it the wrap-up smear. You want to talk about politics? It’s called the wrap-up smear. You smear somebody with falsehoods and all the rest, and then you merchandise it, and then you write it, and they’ll say “See, it’s reported in the press that this, this, and this,” so they have that validation that the press reported the smear, and then it’s called a wrap-up smear. “Now I’m going to merchandise the press’s report on the smear that we made.” It’s a tactic, and it’s self-evident.

I'm sorry, but Nancy is sounding more and more incoherent. I understand the point she's making, it's just a very convoluted way to say it. I've thought there is something going on with her for a while now.

Sorry for a vague statement? I'll buy that. Have no idea why you highlighted in red what was proven wrong by Snopes after the Kavanaugh hearing. It was lifted and misused by Republicans from something she said in June of 2017. Doubling down? Pretty incoherent comprehension. Maybe there's something going on with you.

I didn't highlight anything, so I'm not sure what is going on there. Sorry.

Pelosi is a good politician - she gets how it works and she knows the terrain.

But I am excited about the new younger women members of the House and would like to see one of them rise to speaker one day.

Agree she will eventually need to go. Schumer too. As a Dem voter they have both gotten on my nerves. But they can show the younger ones the pitfalls.

We had a thread awhile back where JJ posted a list of her accomplishments and they are very impressive. She tends to get trashed more than a man probably would.

She gets trashed by the right, by the left, gets asked really tough sometimes insulting questions and handles them ease. She doesn’t crack. She doesn’t break.I don’t know if there is a younger democrat right now that is capable yet. I guess pretty soon we will have to find out. Kamala Harris stands out. But she’s too new. She needs to be put through the political grinder first and see how she handles herself first. It’s a tough job and not everyone can handle it, much less someone inexperienced or soft.

Agree she will eventually need to go. Schumer too. As a Dem voter they have both gotten on my nerves. But they can show the younger ones the pitfalls.

We had a thread awhile back where JJ posted a list of her accomplishments and they are very impressive. She tends to get trashed more than a man probably would.

She gets trashed by the right, by the left, gets asked really tough sometimes insulting questions and handles them ease. She doesn’t crack. She doesn’t break. I don’t know if there is a younger democrat right now that is capable yet. I guess pretty soon we will have to find out. Kamala Harris stands out. But she’s too new. She needs to be put through the political grinder first and see how she handles herself first. It’s a tough job and not everyone can handle it, much less someone inexperienced or soft.

Trump holds the senate, and the house. Hey have delivered a bipartisan plan to end the shut down. The orange piece of shit said I don’t care I want the you to demand that the American people pay for my folly of a wall. I mean he already ballooned the deficit without war or recession or unemployment or infrastructure.

So he said he’d be responsible and hold the mantle for shutting the government.

Well, he chucked out and started blaming the Democrats instead.

Today that changed. All talking points by Trump and everyone in his administration is blaming Pelosi. Someone who is not even speaker of the house...

That’s how bad ass she is, nothing gets right wingers foaming at the mouth than the mention of Pelosi.